A preliminary investigation into the shooting at Sally Beauty Supply near 73rd Street and Good Hope Road revealed the robbery suspect, whose name was not released by midday Monday because he hadn't been charged with a crime, was holding stolen merchandise from the store but not a weapon when confronted, Sgt. Tim Gauerke said.

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An employee at the store told the lieutenant that the store was being robbed around 11:30 a.m. Witnesses said he lieutenant fired at least three shots.

WISN 12 News reporter Ben Hutchison was shown store surveillance video Monday that showed the suspect go out the door and take off down the sidewalk. At the same time, an off-duty Milwaukee police lieutenant came out from the side of the building with his gun drawn. Witnesses said he ordered the suspect to drop the stolen goods, but he refused.

"Soon as I heard the shots, everyone came to the front," said Javon Bray, an employee at a nearby Subway restaurant. "You see families running. You see kids running. They didn't know what was going on. Kids were scared. They shouldn't have to go through that, man."

The robbery suspect drove away and was later found at 76th Street and Mill Road.

The lieutenant is 48-years-old and has 22 years of service with the Milwaukee Police Department. He was not injured during the incident.

The suspect, a 25-year-old Milwaukee man, was being treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. He is a convicted felon and has an arrest record for offenses including robbery, burglary, car theft, battery, resisting an officer and drug possession.